Celebrating the Early Career Professionals Contributing to the Advancement of Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces, and Plasmas

Submission Deadline: January 19, 2022

The AVS Early Career Professionals Committee (ECPC) and The Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A (JVST A) are planning an inaugural Special Topic Collection: Celebrating the Early Career Professionals Contributing to the Advancement of Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces, and Plasmas. This Special Topic Collection will feature articles on all areas that fall within the scope of JVST A, authored or co-authored by early-career professionals, scientists, and engineers who are currently working towards their Ph.D. or within 10 years of receiving their Ph.D.

One of the articles in this collection will be selected for the JVST A Young Author(s) Award. All early career professionals who have authored or co-authored the article will be recognized as awardees and presented with certificates. The winning article will be widely promoted via email and on social and professional networks.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

  • 2-D Materials
  • Applied and fundamental surface science
  • Atomic layer deposition
  • Atomic Layer Etching (underneath Atomic Layer Deposition)
  • Electronic and photonic materials and their processing
  • Magnetic thin films and interfaces
  • Materials and thin films for energy conversion and storage
  • Photovoltaics, including inorganic and organic thin-film solar cells
  • Plasma science and technology, including plasma-surface interactions, plasma diagnostics plasma deposition and etching, and applications of plasmas to micro- and nanoelectronics
  • Surface engineering
  • Thin film deposition, etching, properties, and characterization
  • Transmission electron microscopy, including in situ methods
  • Tribology

Guest Editors

Dr. Ann Lii-Rosales, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. Rachael Farber, Kadanoff-Rice Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago

Prof. Sharani Roy, Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Manuscript Details & Submission

Authors are encouraged to follow the Information for Contributors provided online and use the JVST article template. All early-career authors on a paper are invited to include a photo and a biography of up to 250 words with their article submission. The photos and bios of all early-career authors will be printed at the end of article.
Submission Deadline: January 19, 2022